2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25
Today we're going to talk to you about a great way to express yourself - dancing. Since the topic is quite extensive, we will consider only one type of dance, but quite bright - waking. What it is, you will learn from this article. Dear seekers of new movements and styles, this material is for you!
Wacking. What is this?
To begin with, let's repeat a little - this is a dance, but very difficult. He has an unusual style - bright and expressive, eccentric and extravagant.
Wacking dance is ideal for relaxed and self-confident people. Those who are able to completely relax, dissolving in the dance, give it their all. Just you and the moves. This dance can be danced both in a free street style and in an erotic style. The main thing that is required from the performer is complete dedication, a sense of rhythm, looseness and absolute inner freedom. The dance should combine such seemingly opposite qualities as naturalness and affectation, eccentricity and grace, sharpness and lightness, avant-garde and glamour. Those who have already reached the pinnacle of this art form say that wakking dance is a cocktail of tastes and styles that combines everythingwhat can be called fashionable.
Wacking. Origin of dance
Every dance is a story, funny or sad, bewitching and always unusual. Waking was no exception. What it is, you will not understand until you feel its history. So, wacking (translated from English - "waving hands") originated around the early seventies in the trendy West Coast gay clubs of sunny Los Angeles. The movements characteristic of this dance resulted from the imitation of men theatrical poses of actress Greta Garbo. That's why wacking originally had the name "The Garbo". Then gays began to draw their inspiration from the then very famous American television program "Soul Train". The dance began to take on the shape of locking, jazz fusion and hip-hop, until it later merged with the New York style "Voging". The only difference was that the original American dance was characterized by throws and jumps, while the Los Angeles opponent was characterized by clear, sharply defined hand movements. Waking also borrowed from voging a special mannerism and style inherent in it - a la "model on the catwalk".
Our time
At the moment, this dance is most often used to create a spectacular show in clips and on stage. After all, these are not just movements, this is a dance-game where you can be anyone, even a movie star, casually strolling along Broadway. Such a dance makes it possible to completely reincarnate and express yourself. Today it is very popular, and anywhoever wants to can learn to dance it. You should try if you position yourself as a bright personality, but be prepared for the fact that not everything will work out in the first lessons. Waking is quite complicated, despite the apparent simplicity. Only constant work on yourself and exhausting workouts will lead you to a good result. It's worth it, because you want to be a real star of the dance floor?! Then good luck in your endeavors!
